Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-11-04
MERE MENTION.
Mark and cloudy nights.

The County Commissioners NEE
Monday.
Willie Foster is now clerk in TIN
Olympia Postotlicc.
Gov. Semple is making tour 0
Eastern Washington.
Mr.. L. E. Follansbee returned iron
Yakim ina, Saturday evening.
Pile-driving on the Long wharf vii
be completed next week.
Craftsmen of all kinds are UNUSUAL,
busy and the wages paid is high.
Mr.. John McRcavy, Of Union City
has been in town the past few days.
Mike O'Conner will occupy one O
the elegant salesrooms. in Woodruff
brick.
Already the faint rcverberation O
Santa Claus bells are heard in the
distance.
Mrs. kiel, of Portland, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. G. r. Seidler, O
this city.
Christmas is coming, and of CONS Sc
Sunday schools are filling up theil
empty seats.
Tom Brown is now the soul occu.
pant OF the county Jail, the monarch
wall he surveys.
Mr.. John Byrne, the Eastside grocer
il building an addition to his store, to
be used as dwelling.
Heavy fogs prevail mornings, but
the weather after Old Sol has mounted
his chariot, is delightful.
Mr.. N. Ford, the auctioneer, will
resume his course of lectures to-mor-
row, at IL A. NJ, at his salesroom.
Don't forget that Squires has built
up an enviable reputation as grocer
and general dealer in family supplies.
Butter now sells for 70 cents a roll,
and the tendency is still upwards.
Eggs are scarce at IS cents per dozen.
Interesting and instructive expert
ments are being daily performed before
the physiology class at Collegiate In
stitute.
The Gold Bar restaurant has
exchanged its incandescent lamps for
an arc light, which is decided i'm
provement.
The young ladies of the society
known as st. Johns Church Work
ers" intend giving an entertainment
the first week in December.
A son was born to the wife Of Mr..
Chas. Patnude, on Eastside, this morn
ing. This makes an "even dozen" for
this prolific family-five girls and sew
en- boys.
Rev. Leonard J. Carver will preach
in the Congregational church, next
Sunday, morning and evening. Sub
ject: Spiritual Power" evening !:
"Companionship." All are cordially
invited to attend.
Mrs. Stuart returned home from =
months visit to San Francisco,
Wednesday evening. Mr.. and Mrs. G..
A. Barnes, her companions on the trip,
,aze still at the Bay City, where they
! al remain q week or two longer.
An unusually dense fog last Mon
day evening had the effect to wholly
obscure the electric street lights at the
distance of five blocks, fact that
tends to explain so many so-called
strange collisions at sea during
heavy fogs.
Mr.. B. w. Brintnall, now fully in
stalled as principal of the Olympia
Public school, is making preparations
for housekeeping and thus to become
q fixture in our community. Mrs.
Brintnall is at present visiting friends
and relatives in Port Townsend.
Mr.. Robert McNair returned Sunday
evening from his visit to the Encamp-
ment of the G. A. r., at Pittsburg, last
month. He reports having had very
agreeable trip, but like all the other
wondering Olympians returns better
pleased with home than ever before.
The repetition of the "Seven old
Ladies Of Lavendertown," in Column
bia Hall, Saturday night, was witr essed
by fair audience, who appeared well
pleased with the performance. VIM.
Garfelde, the exhibitor of the wax fig
ures, manifests considerable aptitude
for stage life.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church want it kept before the public
that they will hold fancy fair and
give New England dinner and sup
per, at Columbia Hall, on Tuesday,
Dec. IL. Everything will be done to
make the entertainment pleasant
and profitable one to all concerned.
The steamer Clara Brown has enter
ed upon the Mason county route, and
leaves the Second Street wharf Mon
days Wednesdays and Fridays, for
Shelton, returning on alternate days
for Olympia, Tacoma and Seattle.
This will prove great accommodation
since the Messenger has withdrawn en-
tirely from the route.
Mr.. IA ron Hartsock and wife re-
turned from their trip to Iowa and the
Middle States, Wednesday: evening"
after an absence of nearly two months.
Will they express themselves as well
Dl eaSad with their visit tn relatives